Looks like I've finally joined the elite KTM 1290 leaky radiator club haha. 2016 Special edition with roughly 10k miles. Never wheelied & just noticed this today. The rubber grommets are intact btw. Assuming there's no manufacturer recall on this issue?

I have a 2014 from new and have never had rad issues. It would be interesting to see what the differences are between say my rad and rads that are prone to leaking. Of course I should say so far so good and knock on something made of wood.

vernonbc wrote:I have a 2014 from new and have never had rad issues. It would be interesting to see what the differences are between say my rad and rads that are prone to leaking. Of course I should say so far so good and knock on something made of wood.

Just had mine repaired a second time as it was leaking from the same area. This time the entire tube has been blocked off so here's hoping. I did notice that one of the bottom mount grommets was missing and the other was buggered, so all grommets top/bottom have been replaced. Now just got to get out and test it. Currently at 96,000km

Well i ended up having the radiator repaired and it lasted for a little while but started leaking again.so i bought a new one and it had a superseded part number so i hope it is a different designed radiator.i love this bike but if it is gonna need a new radiator every 7500 miles it will have to go.